Friday 14th: Poetry and the Piano, Live at Venue 515 (515 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, E2 9BU) – I will be collaborating with my dear friend Mariam Satie and debuting something we’ve been working on

Sunday 16th: Vanguard Connect and 20 Something Podcast

Friday 21st: ‘Difference and Sameness: A Discussion of Identity and the Black Woman in Britain’ – Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 7pm to 9pm

“Join Cambridge University’s African Caribbean Society in welcoming a panel of inspirational black female speakers, from a variety of backgrounds, set to discuss issues regarding what it means to possess both racial and gendered identities in the media, in education and in Britain as a whole.”

I will be returning to Cambridge University, my Alma Mater, to speak on this panel, along with Zita Holbourne; Angie La Mar; Simone Bresi-Ando; and Ndidi Okezie.

‘We Real Cool’, taken from bell hooks’ critically acclaimed book, is a workshop aims to assess and critique black masculinity and its role within a white patriarchal world. The workshop will touch on the following topics:

What is (black) masculinity?

The patriarchal society we live in

Films, media and pop culture

Feminism, intersectionality and its role in the world

The workshop will interactive and will involve film, music and small group discussions.

October 2014

Monday 13th: George the Poet @ Scala, 7.30pm

Tuesday 14th – Sunday 19th: Fierce @ The Camden People’s Theatre – This is a play I have co-produced and it will be on stage in Camden for ONE WEEK ONLY

Saturday 25th (11.15 am): Feminism in London Conference – I will be running a workshop on Poetry and Black Feminism in the Women’s Struggle: “Still I Rise: Black Women, Feminism, and the Art of Poetry and Performance”, a workshop by Siana Bangura.

In this workshop, through the poetry and spoken word of 8 women of colour, we will explore the notion of Black Feminism and intersectionality.

Poetry will be shared from the works of Yrsa Daley Ward, Warsan Shire, the great Maya Angelou, Audre Lorde and more.

Saturday 25th (6pm): Canning Town Caravanserai – Join us to Celebrate Black History Month at this FREE event in Canning Town. The event runs from 12 – 8pm and I will be on from 6pm. I’ve got a 25 minute set and will be sharing some new poems with you.

Wednesday 29th: Clean Bandit @ 02 Academy, Brixton, 7.00 pm

September 2014

Thursday 25th: Poetry Luv, Live at The Proud Archivist – I will be performing my new poem ‘Skin/ Scorched Earth’